Manuel Castiñeiras Porto (born 7 August 1979) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...

A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...

, Castiñeiras' career was mainly associated with local

SD Compostela Sociedade Deportiva Compostela is a Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. They play home matches at San Lázaro, and compete in . History A team called Compostela Foot-ball Club was founded in 1928, ceasing to exist ...

. He represented them in four levels of Spanish football, the highest being

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. Other than the

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, in that tier Castiñeiras also played for

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in ) is a Spanish football league teams, Spanish professional football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the men’s te ...

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

and

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

, for a total of 138 matches over five seasons. On 30 January 2015, the 35-year-old Compostela

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accepted to retire so that newly-signed

Yacine Qasmi Yacine Qasmi (; born 3 January 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primera Federación club Alcoyano. Born in France, he represented Morocco at youth international level. After one substitute appearance for Paris Sa ...

could be registered by the

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; he joined the club's organigram immediately afterwards.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castineiras, Manuel 1979 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santiago de Compostela Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players SD Compostela footballers SD Eibar footballers CD Tenerife players Racing de Ferrol footballers